The Earth’s climate is changing at unprecedented rates, largely due to anthropogenic factors (IPCC 2007). This, together with other drivers such as population increases and increased demand for crop and livestock products, is causing agro-ecosystems to evolve faster than previously expected. Thes...
Herrero, Mario T.
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Thornton, Philip K.
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[The role of multi-scale modeling in assessing livelihood adaptation strategies to climate change]
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The role of multi-scale modeling in assessing livelihood adaptation strategies to climate change
The mixed crop-livestock systems of the developing world will become increasingly important for meeting the food security challenges of the coming decades. The synergies and trade-offs between food security, adaptation, and mitigation objectives are not well studied, however. Comprehensive evalua...
Thornton, Philip K.
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Förch, Wiebke
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Lamanna, Christine
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Bell, Patrick
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Henderson, Benjamin B.
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Herrero, Mario T.
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[A Qualitative Evaluation of CSA Options in Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems in Developing Countries]
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A Qualitative Evaluation of CSA Options in Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems in Developing Countries
A major characteristic of pastoral systems has been their endurance through time (1). The same cannot be said about many other agricultural land-use systems. A considerable literature exists on their evolution, rooted in the location geography developed by von Thu¨ nen in the early nineteenth cen...
Thornton, Philip K.
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Boone, Randall B.
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[Altered grazing systems: pastoralism to conventional agriculture]
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Altered grazing systems: pastoralism to conventional agriculture